Music writer Pet Levy sits down with the group French Horn Rebellion and talks about everything from where they go their name to what it was like growing up in Whitefish Bay. | March 15, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Scrooge may hog the theatrical limelight during the holiday season, but he's hardly the only one with a story of improbable redemption. Just ask the six troublemaking Herdman kids, who are doing some attention-grabbing of their own in First Stage Children's Theater's eighth production of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever."

Early in the Barbara Robinson novel that inspired this play, the narrating Beth Bradley tells us that she and her classmates figured the Herdman clan — poor, dirty and rough — "were headed straight for hell." Sure enough, director Jeff Schaetzke opens the show by bringing the Herdmans onstage from below, surrounded by a swirl of smoke. | Dec. 1, 2013»Read Full Article(2)

Handel on holidays

Hallelujah! There are a few chances to hear Handel's masterwork "Messiah" this holiday season. The Milwaukee Area Messiah Community Chorus and Orchestra is made up of our neighbors with the express purpose of spreading the gospel by performing this and other works. They will perform the "Messiah" with its "Hallelujah" chorus at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Crossroads Presbyterian Church, 6031 W. Chapel Hill Road, Mequon, and 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 1200 St. Gabriel Way, Hubertus. The performances are free, but donations are welcome and go to Milwaukee charities. | Dec. 1, 2013»Read Full Article